Academic spam is rampant. Scientists regularly complain to each other about the random and generally irrelevant emails that they receive. Even I, a relative newbie to science, am getting constant invitations to submit to dodgy journals and conferences, or purchase equipment that has nothing to do with my research. I generally find it amusing, so here's a sample of the emails that have been siphoned into my spam folder over the past month.
Human tissues and organs for primary cultures
Slightly disturbing that this is advertised via email
New antibodies against ABC17
They apparently sent this to me because I'd published several excellent papers about the alphabet
Thank your transgenic rat for a new iPad
I haven't thanked that rat enough lately
10 inch underwater gold grain pinpointer
I have no idea what this is, but it sounds like fun
Our transgenic mice got BAC! 20% of custom models!
I think this has something to do with Sir-Mix-a-Lot
I've also had invitations to submit papers to 'Structural monitoring and maintenance', 'International Invention Journal of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics', 'Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference', Immunotherapeutics & Immunomonitoring Conference', 'International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal', and the very imaginatively titled journals: 'Scholarly journals' and 'Journal of Scientific Research and Reports'.
Pipe up science friends- what's the most amusing academic spam you've received lately?
Human tissues and organs for primary cultures
Slightly disturbing that this is advertised via email
New antibodies against ABC17
They apparently sent this to me because I'd published several excellent papers about the alphabet
Thank your transgenic rat for a new iPad
I haven't thanked that rat enough lately
10 inch underwater gold grain pinpointer
I have no idea what this is, but it sounds like fun
Our transgenic mice got BAC! 20% of custom models!
I think this has something to do with Sir-Mix-a-Lot
I've also had invitations to submit papers to 'Structural monitoring and maintenance', 'International Invention Journal of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics', 'Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference', Immunotherapeutics & Immunomonitoring Conference', 'International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal', and the very imaginatively titled journals: 'Scholarly journals' and 'Journal of Scientific Research and Reports'.
Pipe up science friends- what's the most amusing academic spam you've received lately?